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FoxyProxy posted one of their Secret Service subpoenas along with their reply. TLDR; they said they have nothing to give: https://blog.getfoxyproxy.org/2017/11

FoxyProxy posted one of their Secret Service subpoenas along with their reply. TLDR; they said they have nothing to give: https://blog.getfoxyproxy.org/2017/11/04/secret-service-subpoena/ https://blog.getfoxyproxy.org/2017/11/04/secret-service-subp... As for PrivateInternetAccesss / PIA, I would not trust them at all. No one knows who the founders and executives are. After speaking at length with an ex-employee of PIA who now maintains this open-source iOS VPN client, https://passepartoutvpn.app/ https://passepartoutvpn.app/ even many (most?) employees and contractors at PIA have no idea of the identify of their direct managers. All work is done remotely and using encrypted chat sessions without video. PIA is incorporated in British Virgin Islands where apparently shareholders, owners, etc can "enjoy" complete privacy.

wallacoloo 6y ago
So the company is run by people who enjoy privacy? It seems weird to frame that alone as an argument against a company which deals in Virtual PRIVATE Networks.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
  I thought this would be common sense but I guess not. It should be a red flag to you that if a founder or executive won’t reveal his identity, there is a possibility those people represent a nation state or other organization (not necessarily governmental) that you would not give your private data to if you knew their identity up-front.
  - wallacoloo 6y ago
    I suppose you have a point. There are plenty of reputable people out there building strong identities on pseudonyms. But if you’re trying to be truly anonymous, as opposed to pseudononymous, and aren’t tying that identity to anything outside of the one enterprise, that could mean you’re putting less on the line with your reputation. Or it could mean that this is just you starting to build an identity, since everyone has to start somewhere. But either case has the same characteristics common with burner identities, so you’d be justified in being skeptical and cautious.
allarm 6y ago
I recently had an interview with ExpressVPN and it was a bit different experience. I had a video call with the hiring manager with full disclosure (name/linkedin profile). I investigated the company a little bit - it was registered on the British Virgin Islands as well and no one knows the names of the founders. I didn’t get an offer - they didn’t have a position that would match my skill set - but I was quite okay with that.

wallacoloo 6y ago

So the company is run by people who enjoy privacy? It seems weird to frame that alone as an argument against a company which deals in Virtual PRIVATE Networks.

TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
I thought this would be common sense but I guess not. It should be a red flag to you that if a founder or executive won’t reveal his identity, there is a possibility those people represent a nation state or other organization (not necessarily governmental) that you would not give your private data to if you knew their identity up-front.
- wallacoloo 6y ago
  I suppose you have a point. There are plenty of reputable people out there building strong identities on pseudonyms. But if you’re trying to be truly anonymous, as opposed to pseudononymous, and aren’t tying that identity to anything outside of the one enterprise, that could mean you’re putting less on the line with your reputation. Or it could mean that this is just you starting to build an identity, since everyone has to start somewhere. But either case has the same characteristics common with burner identities, so you’d be justified in being skeptical and cautious.

allarm 6y ago

I recently had an interview with ExpressVPN and it was a bit different experience. I had a video call with the hiring manager with full disclosure (name/linkedin profile). I investigated the company a little bit - it was registered on the British Virgin Islands as well and no one knows the names of the founders. I didn’t get an offer - they didn’t have a position that would match my skill set - but I was quite okay with that.